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Severance Music Center

8556 Fisher Road
Cleveland, OH

Severance Music Center is a theatre in Cleveland, OH.

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Review: BRIGADOON at Porthouse/Kent State University

Review: BRIGADOON at Porthouse/Kent State University

by Roy Berko · August 11, 2026

In order to create authentic dances for Pothouse’s BRIGADOON, if social media pictures can be trusted, during rehearsals Martin Céspedes, the shows choreographer, wore a kilt.  The results are the captivating visual movements that light up the stage.…

Review: MEAN GIRLS at BECK CENTER

Review: MEAN GIRLS at BECK CENTER

by Roy Berko · July 28, 2026

Tina Fay’s MEAN GIRLS, with the right level of farce can be a delightful experience.   Beck’s staging, inspite of a talented cast, was pleasant.  It could have been great with the right concept.  Go?, Of course! Most audience members, as displayed by the standing ovation at the end of the…

Review: SIDE SHOW IN CONCERT at Porthouse Theatre

Review: SIDE SHOW IN CONCERT at Porthouse Theatre

by Roy Berko · July 17, 2026

Another exposure as Cleveland Heights’s Cain Park outstanding production directed by Victoria Bussert the present Director of Oberlin College’s Musical Theater program, which featured Gregg Violand, who will be featured, later this season, in Porthouse’s BRIGADOON.…

Review: GREASE at PORTHOUSE/Kent State University

Review: GREASE at PORTHOUSE/Kent State University

by Roy Berko · June 24, 2026

GREASE, Porthouse-style, is a nostalgic reminder of the era of mid-1900’s and left those of a certain-age satisfied and maybe those of the Information Age/Digital Age asking “what was the attitude, grease and angst” all about.  …

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Akron Civic Theater

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Akron Civic Theater

by Patti Kullman · June 19, 2026

Young performers overcame weather and sound issues to bring the vibrant, musical retelling of the 2004 film Mean Girls to the vintage, nostalgic Akron Civic Theater.…

Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE NATIONAL TOUR at Stranahan Theatre

Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE NATIONAL TOUR at Stranahan Theatre

by Julie Zatko · June 17, 2026

The national tour of A Beautiful Noise rocks into town this week, bringing enough sequins to light up all of Toledo. As the final engagement of Broadway in Toledo’s 2025–2026 season, this musical offers a closer look at the life of Neil Diamond while delivering a thoroughly entertaining evening …

Review: THE WIZ at Stranahan Theatre

Review: THE WIZ at Stranahan Theatre

by Julie Zatko · May 27, 2026

Dorthy Gale arrives at Stranahan Theater by tornado (and tour bus!) as Broadway in Toledo brings the National Tour of The Wiz to town this week. I had a delightful night easing on down the road with familiar characters reimagined in a creative and moving way. The production is top-quality, featuring…

Past Shows

112 total · showing 81–90

Weilerstein Plays Barber

Weilerstein Plays Barber

May 4 – May 6, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello LOGGINS-HULL Can You See? BARBER Cello Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 4 (revised 1947 version) Cleveland-born cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins Music Director Franz Welser-Möst to perform Barber’s...

COYO Spring Concert

COYO Spring Concert

May 5

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Daniel Reith, conductor Marina Ziegler , violin SCHWERTSIK Herr K. entdeckt Amerika SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3 Program will also include the COYO Concerto Competition Winner. Major support for the Cleveland...

Maria João Pires in Recital: Schumann and Schubert

Maria João Pires in Recital: Schumann and Schubert

May 3

Maria João Pires, piano R. SCHUMANN Carnival Scenes from Vienna R. SCHUMANN Arabesque in C major DEBUSSY Pour le piano SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B-flat major Acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” ( The New York Times...

Marsalis and New World

Marsalis and New World

Apr 27 – Apr 29, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Michael Sachs, trumpet MARTIN Symphony No. 2 MARSALIS Trumpet Concerto DVOÁK Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) Dvoák traveled to America in the 1890s, and this wild, new country thrilled him. He admired the beauty of...

All Mozart

All Mozart

Apr 20 – Apr 23, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Bernard Labadie, conductor Lucy Crowe, soprano MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito MOZART "Giunse al fin il momento... Al desio di chi t'adora" MOZART Ruhe Sanft from Zaide MOZART Masonic Funeral Music MOZART "Venga la morte... Non temer, amato bene"...

Mahler's Titan

Mahler's Titan

Apr 13 – Apr 16, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano DEBUSSY Jeux (Games), poème dansé DEBUSSY Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra MAHLER Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) Mahler wrote, “A symphony should be like the world, it should embrace everything,” and his...

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

Apr 6 – Apr 8, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Rafael Payare, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2 (“The Age of Anxiety”) SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 In 1937 at the height of the Stalinist purges, Shostakovich was in disgrace — an outcast who feared for his life. (He slept in...

Philharmonia Fantastique

Philharmonia Fantastique

Apr 2

The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Reith, conductor Dynamic concerto meets animated film! Follow a magical Sprite as it embarks on a musical journey through the inner workings of an orchestra, all set to some of Classical music’s most famous compositions performed live by The...

The Tempest Symphony

The Tempest Symphony

Mar 30 – Apr 1, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Thomas Adès, conductor Pekka Kuusisto, violin ADÈS The Tempest Symphony ADÈS Märchentänze SIBELIUS Six Humoresques* SIBELIUS Prelude and Suite No. 1 from The Tempest* Shakespeare’s plays have provided a limitless source of inspiration, and this evening...

West Side Story in Concert

West Side Story in Concert

Mar 17 – Mar 19, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell, conductor BERNSTEIN West Side Story (completed film with orchestra)

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